Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the succession of sons to their fathers ' benefices , reform would have depended on the bishops and , of course , the clergy themselves . |
| 2 | She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity . |
| 3 | Similarly , the impact of GIST may have been as great in schools which had no contact with the project at all , because of the changing climate of opinion in which girls ' under-achievement in science and technology came to be seen as a serious educational issue . |
| 4 | One of these schemes has already started and it has potentially lots of scope for our members ' work . |
| 5 | It also proved to be a fall from grace , as it transpired that he 'd stolen millions of pounds from his workers ' pension funds , to pay off mounting business debts . |
| 6 | She was at the age when many women are at their physical best : tall , thin , but shapely ; smart , but not too dauntingly so ; fragrant ( a touch of Poison ) ; and fun : she had mastered early on the necessary female skill of charity towards her suitors ' jokes . |
| 7 | Lukács ' early assault on Marxist economism , subsequently retracted under criticism from the Leninist orthodoxy of the Comintern , became particularly influential in the post-war period among Marxist intellectuals who sought to redefine a new Marxist humanism against the economism of Stalinism with which Lukács ' name had by that time itself become associated . |
| 8 | It was a coincidence that the previous weekend I had been sorting through an old trunk of mine full of memorabilia at my parents ' home , and came across my membership certificate for the Tailwaggers Club , along with Tailwagger medallion . |
| 9 | I met a lot of people at my parents ' house , including many people of real ability , and that I was always grateful for . |
| 10 | This means that a higher proportion of children will be brought up in the local authority sector than figures for the distribution of tenure in their parents ' age-band would suggest . |
| 11 | One night , in a state of despair , he drank several cans of lager with friends from college — and on the way home , expressed years of frustration against his parents ' beliefs ( as well as his deep need for their love ) by throwing stones at the stained glass windows . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes . |
| 13 | As in the later Middle Ages , individual interest won out over class interest in landlords ' poaching of peasants from their peers ' estates . |
| 14 | Editor , — After the full implementation of the community care reforms local authorities will be under increased pressure to use all sources of information about their clients ' and population 's needs for community care services . |
| 15 | The roar of his shot coincided with the answering crash of gunfire from his enemies ' weapons . |
| 16 | However , before you go adding vast quantities of fat to your dogs ' food , spare a thought for what it will do to the rest of your diet . |
| 17 | For a moment Hotspur almost believed in her extinction , her relegation to the servant 's role which was the lot of daughters in their parents ' households ; and even for a moment it grieved him to believe in it . |
| 18 | Fairbrother yelled , ‘ Goodbye , Toady ! ’ after the Murrays ' car , and crowed loudly with his diminishing circle of admirers over his enemies ' downfall , thereby reducing his popularity still further . |
| 19 | So , as a kind of protest against his parents ' values , he had joined the police as a constable . |
| 20 | Their superior intelligence capabilities have allowed them to exert considerable leverage in setting the terms of trade and the manner in which the separate stages of production in their customers ' factories are linked together . |